Hey there, walks are an important part of the daily routine for people who live with dogs. I wondered how many of you leash their dogs while going for a walk.
I walk my Husky gal almost exclusively off-leash. Luckily, she listens to all commands (which is important if she has to stop immediately). Passing other dogs is no problem at all and she stops at the edge of the pavement. Acutally, after reading a lot that Huskies are free spirits and will use each opportunity to run off, I'm rather surprised and pretty happy it turned out that well.
On the other hand, there's no way I would let our senior boy off-leash. It's already hard to keep him from steering into traffic while on-leash because he spontaneously decides, "oh that car looks nice, better inspect it from up close".
I walk my Husky gal almost exclusively off-leash. Luckily, she listens to all commands (which is important if she has to stop immediately). Passing other dogs is no problem at all and she stops at the edge of the pavement. Acutally, after reading a lot that Huskies are free spirits and will use each opportunity to run off, I'm rather surprised and pretty happy it turned out that well.
On the other hand, there's no way I would let our senior boy off-leash. It's already hard to keep him from steering into traffic while on-leash because he spontaneously decides, "oh that car looks nice, better inspect it from up close".